I totally agree that home remedies are not the best idea, if people are happy to use weed killer that’s entirely their choice, I choose not to but have a small garden and enough time and energy to weed by hand. I just object to being told that because I have children and use a mobile phone I can’t make choices that I see as kinder to the environment.
We have tried the hand weeders and do not use herbicides at all, or any home remedies which can be equally or more damaging than what is on the shelves. We used the Wolf brush on a stick for years, which works (and the wire brushes are replaceable) but is hard work and time-consuming. More recently we bought a rechargeable, battery-powered block paving weeder from Ryobi (part of the One sytem) which is relatively quick and no effort at all to use. It cannot tackle the deep-rooted weeds so they do regrow, but the frequency with which we do the path has increased so much now that it is quicker and easier so this is not really a problem and in the longer term I expect these perennials will be considerably weakened if not eliminated.
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Thank you for your comment, and yes- that button is often very useful
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Where is the button?
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
We all have culture, some different to others. Vive la différence.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."